Fender.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

3'. O. HARRISON.

FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. a, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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JOHN ()XVEN HARRISON, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 759,707, dated May 10,1904.

Application filed February 8,1904. Serial No. 192,660. (No model.) i

as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in life-guards andfender combined, and is particularly applicable to streetcarconstruction; and it consists in certain features of novelty in thedetails of construc tion and arrangement thereof, all as will behereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in theclaims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is an elevational view, partly insection, of a streetcar equipped with the improved device; and Fig. 2 isan inverted plan view of my improved device, partly broken away tobetter illustrate the construction thereof.

Referring to the drawings, A is a car-body. B is the front platformthereof.

C is the dashboard.

D is a fender looked upon the dashboard U by means of clips 1.

Supported beneath the body A is a scoop 2, which in the present instanceis suspended from a bracket '3, by means of which it is pivotallysupported. Slightly to the rear of the forward end of the scoop 2 is aroller 4:, upon which the scoop rests when dropped to the positionindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, wherein it will be noticed thatthe scoop 2 is supported upon the tracks E by means of said roller 4,with the advanced portion 5 of the scoop supported in such position asto just clear the track-rail.

Connected with the lower portion of the platform B is a bracket6,11ereinafter referred to as a ear-bracket for convenience ofdescription, which bracket is duplicated at each side of the platform Band has supported therein the rockable shaft 7, upon which shaft areconnected crank-arms 8, from the lower end of which extend links 9, andare thence conposed bracket 10,

nected to the fender D by means of the inter- (Best shown in Fig. 1.)Supported by the platform B is the hanger 11, within which is pivotallysupported at each side an independent hooked arm 12, which has ashoulder 13 at the lower end thereof adapted to pass under and engagewith the forward extension 5 of the scoop 2. Connecting the hooked arms12 with the crankarms 8 are links 14, whereby any motion communicated tothe crank -arms 8 will be transmitted therefrom to the hooked arm 12.The hooked arm 12 is provided with a rearwardlyextending member 15,which may be integral therewith or may be a separate member securedthereto, but which is rockable therewith upon the pivots 16 for the arms12, which pivots are supported inthe brackets 11.

Passing downwardly through the rearwardly-extending members or member 15is a rod 17, provided at its lower portion with a shoulder or offset,which may consist of the nut 18, screw,-threaded thereon, or may beformed thereon in any manner, which shoulder 18 is designed for serviceas asupport for the spring 19, which spring bears against the lower faceof the rearwardly-extending arm 15 and normally holds said arm upagainst the under side of the platform B.

Passing through the platform B at any convenient point with relation tothe arm 15 is a push-rod 20, designed to serve as a step whereby thelever 15 may be depressed from the car-platform, which push-rod issuspended in a normally elevated position by means of said spring 19,before referred to. The crankarms 8 are supported upon the shaft 7 andare locked thereto by means of the set-screws 21, so that the angularityof said crank-arms with relation to the platform B of the car may bechanged at will within the limits of flexibility of the membersconnected therewith.

The operation of the device is as follows: The fender D being yieldinglysupported at its lower end by means of the elements heretofore referredto, it will be obvious that contact therewith whichv will be sutlicientto disturb the normal position of the lower portion of said fender willcause a rocking of the shaft 7 through link 9 and crank-arms 8, therebyprojecting the link 14 forwardly or toward said fender D, therebyreleasing the'shoulder 13 from its engagement with the forward extension5 of the scoop 2, whereupon said scoop will drop by gravity to theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. If it is desired to lower thescoop from the platform of the car before collision, all that isnecessary is to bear upon the push-rod 20, thereby depressing the arm 15and rocking the crank-arm composed of the members 15 and 12, and therebyrelease the scoop.

I am aware that minor changes in detail, construction, and operation ofparts may be made and substituted without departing from the spirit ofmy invention, and it is my intention to claim such changes except ashereinafter specifically limited in the claims.

Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. In a device of the character described, a fender, a car-bracket, arockable shaft supported thereby, crank-arms on said shaft, linksconnecting said fender and crank arms, a scoop, and a spring-actuatedscoop-supporting means pivotally connected with said crankarms.

2. In a device of the character described, a fender, a scoop, acar-bracket, a rockable shaft supported thereby, crank-arms on saidshaft, independently supported crank arms with rearwardly and'downwardlyextending members, spring-supports for said rearward extension,rearwardly-projecting scoop-supporting hooks on saiddownwardly-extending members, and a push-rod adapted to rock saidindependently-supported crank-arms to release said scoop.

3. In a device of the character described, a fender, a scoop, acar-bracket, a rockable shaft supported thereby, crank-arms on saidshaft, a pivotally-supported scoop-engaging memher, a spring-support forsaid member, and means whereby said scoop may be released therefrom fromthe car-platform and from contact with said fender.

4. In a device of the character described, a fender, supportingbracketsin proximity thereto, a rockable shaft supported by said brackets,crank-arms on said shaft, pivotally and independently supportedcrank-arms having substantially horizontally extending portions,supporting-springs forsaid portions, and means whereby both sets ofcrank-arms may be rocked from the car-platform and from the fender.

5. In a device of the characterdescribed, a yieldingly-supported fender,a pivotally-supported scoop having an end extension, a supporting-rollercarried thereby, a supporting bracket, a rockable shaft carried thereby,crank arms on said shaft, links from said crank-arms to said fender,rockable crankarms, hooks thereon engaging said scoop,supporting-springs for said crank-arms, and a push-rod bearing on one ofsaid arms adapted to release said scoop. I

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN OWVEN HARRISON.

Witnesses:

EDWARD N. VIELES, A. M. WVILKINsoN.

